How is possible to tell a cypress and a juniper tree apart?!?

Question

They look almost the same!!

Answer 1

Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Most plants bearing the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but several other genera in the family carry the name
Cypress, Leyland
X Cupressocyparis leylandii

This rapidly growing landscape evergreen has fine, feathery, soft-green pointed needles on flattened branches. Needles turn dark blue-green in maturity. Matures to a noble, dense, pyramidal outline. Tolerates many soils, and should be grown in full sun. Grows 60'-70' with a 15'-25' spread. (Zones 6-10)

http://www.arborday.org/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ID=126
Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America in the New World.


Cones and leaves of Juniperus communisJunipers vary in size and shape from tall trees, 20-40 m tall, to columnar or low spreading shrubs with long trailing branches. They are evergreen with either needle-like and/or scale-like leaves. They can be either monoecious or dioecious. The female seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form a "berry"-like structure, 4-27 mm long, with 1-12 unwinged, hard-shelled seeds. In some species these "berries" are red-brown or orange but in most they are blue; they are often aromatic (for their use as a spice, see juniper berry). The seed maturation time varies between species from 6-18 months after pollination. The male cones are similar to those of other Cupressaceae, with 6-20 scales; most shed their pollen in early spring, but some species pollinate in the autumn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper
Mostly you can tell the junipers from the cypresses by the fact that the junpiers have a strong smell and their "needles" are bulbous not flat like the cypress
juniper also smells like cheap gin

Answer 2

Cypress have "knees" - root outcrops above the soil. Juniper produce small grey-blue berries (used in the production of Gin)

Answer 3

Links below will give you images to study
Good Luck!
Cypress trees have a feathery look similar to norweigan spruce.
http://www.cclockwood.com/stockimages/cypresstrees.htm

The juniper tree is more like a cedar tree in appearance they also have small berries
http://www.saguaro-juniper.com/i_and_i/trees&shrubs/juniper/juniper.html

Answer 4

WHAT????

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w65/cliffedwardsk/hh.jpg

Answer 5

Easy, Cypress is the real ugly one.

Answer 6

cypress are deciduous and won't have any leaves right now. the juniper is evergreen and will.

Answer 7

I don't know my friend but I'd like to. I suspect ifyou know the seasons they abide to that will help. Good luck!